Coffee Holding posts 20% Q1 revenue growth
Coffee Holding Co., Inc. reported a strong start to fiscal 2026, with first quarter revenue rising 20% to $25.566 million, up from $21.305 million a year earlier.
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Coffee Holding Co., Inc. reported a strong start to fiscal 2026, with first quarter revenue rising 20% to $25.566 million, up from $21.305 million a year earlier. Net income improved to $0.29 per share, compared with $0.20 per share in the prior-year quarter.
Management attributed the higher profitability to having most tariff fees and related expenses behind the company and to efficiencies from operating a single East Coast manufacturing facility instead of two. The company noted that sales remain solid across private label, branded products, and green coffee beans, while acknowledging ongoing coffee market volatility and broader macroeconomic challenges.
Positive
- Revenue and earnings growth: Fiscal Q1 2026 revenue increased 20% to $25.566 million from $21.305 million, while net income rose to $0.29 per share from $0.20, showing both stronger sales and improved profitability.
- Operational efficiencies: Management reports most tariff fees and expenses are behind the company and highlights cost savings from consolidating to one East Coast manufacturing facility, contributing to higher margins.
- Diversified strength across segments: Sales remain strong in all three business areas—private label, branded coffee, and green unroasted beans to regional roasters—supporting a broad-based growth profile.
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Insights
Coffee Holding posts solid Q1 growth with stronger margins.
Coffee Holding delivered a 20% year-over-year revenue increase to $25.566 million for the quarter ended January 31, 2026, with EPS rising from $0.20 to $0.29. This indicates both top-line expansion and margin improvement.
Management links the earnings improvement to reduced tariff-related costs and consolidating into one East Coast manufacturing facility, which should lower ongoing overhead. Strong sales across private label, branded, and green bean segments suggest demand is broad-based, though coffee price volatility and macroeconomic headwinds remain important external factors.
The combination of higher revenue and improved profitability represents a meaningful positive data point for the company’s operating trajectory this fiscal year, while future quarters will show how sustainable these gains are amid volatile coffee markets and changing economic conditions.
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On March 16 2026, Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release discussing the Company’s quarterly financial performance for the quarter ended January 31, 2026. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Press Release, dated March 16, 2026 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Coffee Holding Co., Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Andrew Gordon | |
| Name: | Andrew Gordon | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Date: March 16, 2026 | ||
Exhibit 99.1
Coffee Holding Company Reports First Quarter Results.
STATEN ISLAND, New York – March 16, 2026. Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (Nasdaq: JVA) (the “Company,” “our” or “we”) announced its operating results for the fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2026.
We are pleased to report to our shareholders the following:
| ● | 20% increase in revenue for our first quarter of fiscal 2026 | |
| ● | Sales increase to $25.566 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2026, compared to $21.305 million in the same period in 2025 | |
| ● | Net income of $0.29 per share in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, compared to $0.20 per share during the same period in the prior year |
“With the majority of the tariff fees and expenses behind us, combined with the efficiencies of operating only one east coast manufacturing facility instead of two, we were able to markedly improve our profitability this quarter.
Sales remain strong in all three business segments; private label, branded sales, and sales of green unroasted beans to smaller regional roasters” said Andrew Gordon, President and CEO of the Company. “Although coffee markets continue to remain volatile and the macro-economic situation is facing new challenges, we believe that our core businesses remain strong and we should be able to continue to deliver positive results to our shareholders,” concluded Andrew Gordon.
About Coffee Holding
Founded in 1971, Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: JVA) is a leading integrated wholesale coffee roaster and dealer in the United States and one of the few coffee companies that offers a broad array of coffee products across the entire spectrum of consumer tastes, preferences and price points. Coffee Holding’s product offerings consist of eight proprietary brands, each targeting a different segment of the consumer coffee market as well as roasting and blending coffees for major wholesalers and retailers throughout the United States who want to have products under their own names to compete with national brands. In addition to selling roasted coffee, Coffee Holding also imports green coffee beans from around the world, which it resells to smaller regional roasters and coffee shops around the United States and Canada.
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Any statements that are not historical facts contained in this release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including the Company’s outlook on the revenue growth. Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions, and future performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements upon information available to management as of the date of this release and management’s expectations and projections about certain future events. It is possible that the assumptions made by management for purposes of such statements may not materialize. Such statements may involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those relating to product demand, pricing, market acceptance, hedging activities, the effect of economic conditions (including tariffs), intellectual property rights, the outcome of competitive products, the results of financing efforts, the ability to complete transactions and other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of documents filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement for events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.
Company Contact
Coffee Holding Co., Inc.
Andrew Gordon
President & CEO
(718) 832-0800